In the Hands of the River louise and an Ojibway

and an Ojibway

Powerful stories of "Métis futurism" that envision a world without violence

over a cup of tea

she and the teachers use drums to help Nikosis find connection and comfort

and an afterword by Cristina Eisenberg

In the Hands of the River louise and an OjibwayWhat can we do but seek nectar where it blooms, whispers the porous and questioning speaker of In the Hands of the River. With delicate precision, In the Hands of the River subverts traditional poetic forms to show how a childhood for a queer boy of both Cherokee and European heritage happens within and outside dominant narratives of Appalachia. This debut collection weaves ancestral and personal threads of trauma, reclamation, and survival into a